1955 Daily Telegraph Trophy
{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type=NC
|Country=GBR
|Grand Prix=Daily Telegraph Trophy
|GP_Suffix=
|Details ref=
|Date=3 September
|Year=1955
|Official name=II Daily Telegraph Trophy
|Location=Aintree Circuit, Merseyside
|Image = Circuit Aintree.svg
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Course_mi = 3.00
|Course_km = 4.81
|Distance_laps = 17
|Distance_mi = 51.00
|Distance_km = 81.80
|Weather=
|Attendance=
|Pole_Driver=Stirling Moss
|Pole_Team=Maserati
|Pole_Time=2:06.4
|Pole_Country=GBR
|Fast_Driver=Roy Salvadori
|Fast_Team=Maserati
|Fast_Time=2:05.2
|Fast_Country=GBR
|First_Driver=Roy Salvadori
|First_Country=GBR
|First_Team=Maserati
|Second_Driver=Bob Gerard
|Second_Country=GBR
|Third_Driver=Horace Gould
|Third_Country=GBR
|Third_Team=Maserati
|Lapchart=}}
The 2nd Daily Telegraph Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 September 1955 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 17 laps, and was won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Maserati 250F. Salvadori also set fastest lap, and Stirling Moss was on pole position in a 250F but retired with engine problems. Bob Gerard was second in a Cooper T23-Bristol and Horace Gould third in another 250F.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1955-aintree-f1/|title=1955 Aintree F1|date=|publisher=Motor Sport Magazine|accessdate=2022-05-04}}{{cite web|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1955/1955.html#tel|title=1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix|date=|publisher=silhouet.com|accessdate=2022-05-04}}
This was the first race for the BRM P25. It only managed a few laps in practice before oil leaking onto the tyres caused driver Peter Collins to spin off and damage the car.
Results
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Retired | Grid |
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1
| 5 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Salvadori | 36:33.0, 83.72mph | 2 | ||||||
2
| 10 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Gerard | +15.2s | 4 | ||||||
3
| 4 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Horace Gould | +25.6s | 3 | ||||||
4
| 17 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Brooks | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | +1:57.4 | 7 | ||||||
5
| 18 | {{flagicon|GBR}} John Young | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | +2:14.6 | 12 | ||||||
6
| 2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Reg Parnell | +1 lap | 5 | ||||||
7
| 19 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Holt | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | +1 lap | 10 | ||||||
8
| 11 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bruce Halford | +1 lap | 9 | ||||||
9
| 14 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alastair Birrell | +1 lap | 14 | ||||||
10
| 12 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Kyffin | | 19 | ||||||
Ret
| 7 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Stirling Moss | 13 laps, engine | 1 | ||||||
Ret
| 21 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Horace Richards | 9 laps | 17 | ||||||
Ret
| 6 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Louis Rosier | 8 laps, clutch | 6 | ||||||
Ret
| 8 | {{flagicon|UK}} Paul Emery | 7 laps, oil pressure | 15 | ||||||
Ret
| 20 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Dick Gibson | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | 3 laps, oil pressure | 18 | ||||||
Ret
| 1 | {{flagicon|UK}} Jack Fairman | 2 laps, crash | 8 | ||||||
Ret
| 15 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jimmy Somervail | 0 laps, crash | 13 | ||||||
DNS
| 9 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Collins | BRM P25 | Crashed in practice | 16 | ||||||
DNA
| 3 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Michael Young | | - | ||||||
DNA
| 16 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles Boulton | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | | - |
References
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{{F1 NC race report|Name_of_race=Daily Telegraph Trophy|Year_of_race=1955|Previous_race_in_season=1955 RedeX Trophy|Next_race_in_season=1955 International Gold Cup|Previous_year's_race=1954 Daily Telegraph Trophy|Next_year's_race=—}}